The data-cloud company has laid down an intriguing marker for its peers

Deliveroo’s pending stock sale gives London a much-needed financial boost, but the global IPO market is becoming a straight fight between China and the US.

IPO volumes for special purpose acquisition companies have been extraordinary since the start of 2020, but looking at them through the lens of future M&A is when they start to look most shocking.

OCBC, UOB and DBS are among the first lenders in Asia to report 2020 numbers. They’re in surprisingly good shape.

Milton Maluhy officially became Itaú’s new CEO at the beginning of February. He now faces the challenge of cutting the bank down to size.

The Churchill Capital deal for electric vehicle maker Lucid was long rumoured. The share price fall when it was confirmed raises questions for regulators.

The burgeoning industry demands instant experts, but everyone has to start somewhere.

As the unlisted firm shrinks further in investment banking, its asset management business might IPO on its own.

The bank's management is confident that pandemic losses will be contained.

Mobilization of angry hordes is easy: those wishing to keep order are already being left behind.

As policymakers worry about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, companies and asset managers are still working out how to make sense of them.

The bubbles in crypto and small-caps look obvious, but most markets are over-inflated and it is a fantasy that banks are immune to the risks.

The ECB is desperate for banking consolidation. Cross-border deals remain unlikely, but wholesale combinations may be coming.

Less pain in the downturn means less gain in an upturn.

More Asian entrepreneurs are going to New York to raise money for Spac listings. Should Singapore’s SGX seek to intercept these listings?

Asset managers and owners are scrutinizing firms’ climate commitments like never before, as HSBC is discovering.

After a good year in the banking industry for the many who are now looking forward to high bonuses, the threat of redundancy may seem remote. They should beware.

Turkey has been the outlier in CEE this year for many reasons.

Three presidents in a month isn’t enough to deter buyers of the country’s century bond.

Jean Pierre Mustier and António Horta-Osório join Tidjane Thiam as the outsiders who rescued national champions before departing.

Trade deal brings together 15 Asian nations; banks jostle to benefit.

Pre-2008 M&A mistakes still stand in the way of a bolder bank purchase such as Banco BPM.

The bond market could be the answer to financing better preparedness for the next global pandemic.

As the world cheered news of a potential Covid-19 vaccine in early November, important steps were being taken on equitable manufacture and distribution as well.

Brazil’s central bank launches a free instant-payments tool.

One of the biggest capital markets stories this year has been the rise of social bonds.

One of the solutions to the looming sovereign debt crisis could be to link financing to natural capital or climate adaptation.

In a year of shocks and surprises, it’s hard to say where Mexico’s economic and financial performance ranks – but it’s up there.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder as rare deal attracts blue-chip names

Italy’s biggest bank is floundering because it is based on a flawed premise.